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Re: Not finding hidden files in root directory


Looks like a general problem, although I'm not sure exactly where its from.
Try:

cd /
touch .a

and you'll see what I mean.  But:

cd ~
touch /.a

works fine.  ls -a / works without complaint as well.

Larry



At 11:44 AM 11/17/2000, Mathis Severin wrote:
>Hello
>
>I just installed version 1.1.5-7; fresh install, nothing on the machine
>before. Starting bash, it does not find hidden files (starting with .) in my
>root directory. In any other directory, it works fine. When removing the
>file '.afile', then no remark about any hidden file can be seen.
>
>Following a short description of the situation. Does somebody has an idea
>what I am doing wrong?
>
>Regards,
>Severin Mathis
>
>===============================================
>-----begin of command sequence-----
>(sm@NT[/])# ls
>READMEopengl-1.1.0-2.txt  cygwin.ico                setup.log.full
>bin/                      etc/                      tmp/
>c/                        home/                     usr/
>cygnus.bat*               lib/                      var/
>cygnus.ico                sbin/
>cygwin.bat*               setup.log
>(sm@NT[/])# ls -a
>ls: .afile: No such file or directory
>ls: .bashrc: No such file or directory
>ls: .bash_history: No such file or directory
>./                        cygnus.ico                sbin/
>../                       cygwin.bat*               setup.log
>READMEopengl-1.1.0-2.txt  cygwin.ico                setup.log.full
>bin/                      etc/                      tmp/
>c/                        home/                     usr/
>cygnus.bat*               lib/                      var/
>(sm@NT[/])# cd /home/Temp
>(sm@NT[/home/Temp])# ls -a
>./             .afile         .bashrc        b.txt
>../            .bash_history  a.txt
>(sm@NT[/home/Temp])# 
>-----end of command sequence-----
>
>-----begin output of cygcheck-----
>(sm@NT[/home])# cygcheck -svr
>
>Cygnus Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics
>Current System Time: Fri Nov 17 17:37:13 2000
>
>WinNT Ver 4.0 build 1381 Service Pack 3
>
>Path:   .
>         /usr/bin
>         /usr/local/bin
>         /c/program files/Inprise/AppServer/bin
>         /c/WINNT/system32
>         /c/WINNT
>         /c/Program Files/DeskView/System
>         /c/Program Files/DeskView/DeskInfo
>         /c/WIN32APP/ORANT/BIN
>         /cygdrive/i/Zslib/bin
>         /cygdrive/i/Tuxedo/Bin
>         .
>         /c/TUXEDO/bin
>         /c/WINNT/System32/WBEM
>         /c/temp
>         /c/PROGRA~1/Borland/Delphi4/Bin
>         /c/PROGRA~1/MICROS~1/COMMON/MSDEV98/BIN
>         /c/Utils
>
>SysDir: C:\WINNT\System32
>WinDir: C:\WINNT
>
>PWD = `/home'
>MAKE_MODE = `UNIX'
>HOME = `/home'
>
>NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS = `1'
>PROMPT = `$P$G'
>LOGONSERVER = `\\NB'
>OS2LIBPATH = `C:\WINNT\system32\os2\dll;'
>TZ = `CET-1CDT'
>COMSPEC = `C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe'
>!C: = `C:\Cygnus'
>SYSTEMDRIVE = `C:'
>HOSTNAME = `NT'
>PROCESSOR_REVISION = `0502'
>PATHEXT = `.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD'
>COMPUTERNAME = `NT'
>CLASSPATH = `C:\Win32app\Exceed\hcljrcsv.jar;C:\Win32app\Exceed\;'
>WINDIR = `C:\WINNT'
>USERPROFILE = `C:\WINNT\Profiles\sm'
>EMACSHOME = `H:\progra~1\Emacs'
>PS1 = `($USERNAME@$HOSTNAME[${PWD}])# '
>TUXDIR = `I:\Tuxedo'
>SMS_LOCAL_DIR_USER = `C:\WINNT'
>LS_COLORS = `ln=07;34:di=01;36:'
>MACHTYPE = `i686-pc-cygwin'
>PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER = `x86 Family 6 Model 5 Stepping 2, GenuineIntel'
>OS = `Windows_NT'
>INPUTRC = `/etc/inputrc'
>USERLANG = `EN'
>OLDPWD = `/home/Temp'
>LANGCODE = `D'
>PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE = `x86'
>TEMP = `/c/TEMP'
>PROCESSOR_LEVEL = `6'
>SYSTEMROOT = `C:\WINNT'
>TMP = `/c/TEMP'
>HOMEDRIVE = `C:'
>UXSRV = `hp'
>SHLVL = `1'
>HOMEPATH = `\'
>USERDOMAIN = `SLCHDEV'
>SYSTEMLANG = `EN'
>ULOGPFX = `C:\TEMP\ULOG\ULOG'
>USERNAME = `sm'
>SHELL = `/bin/sh'
>HOSTTYPE = `i686'
>OSTYPE = `cygwin'
>TERM = `cygwin'
>SMS_LOCAL_DIR = `C:\WINNT'
>_ = `/usr/bin/cygcheck'
>
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2
>   (default) = `/cygdrive'
>   cygdrive flags = 0x00000022
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/
>   (default) = `C:/Cygnus'
>   flags = 0x00000002
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/c
>   (default) = `C:'
>   flags = 0x00000002
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/home
>   (default) = `C:\User'
>   flags = 0x00000002
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/bin
>   (default) = `C:/Cygnus/bin'
>   flags = 0x00000002
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/lib
>   (default) = `C:/Cygnus/lib'
>   flags = 0x00000002
>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options
>
>a:  fd           N/A    N/A
>c:  hd  NTFS    8032Mb  49% CP CS UN PA FC     SWISSLIFE
>d:  cd           N/A    N/A
>g:  net NTFS   52063Mb  96% CP CS UN PA FC     Drive-D
>h:  net NTFS   868883Mb  36% CP CS UN PA        sm$
>i:  net NTFS   868883Mb  36% CP CS UN PA        Apps$
>j:  net NTFS     902Mb  42% CP CS UN PA FC     CE_BOOT
>k:  net NTFS   153600Mb  58% CP CS UN PA        transfer
>q:  net NTFS   128000Mb  97% CP CS UN PA        zs
>r:  net NTFS   52063Mb  96% CP CS UN PA FC     Drive-D
>x:  net NTFS   128000Mb  97% CP CS UN PA        zslib
>y:  net NTFS   52063Mb  96% CP CS UN PA FC     Drive-D
>
>C:\Cygnus\bin  /usr/bin  user    binmode
>C:\Cygnus\lib  /usr/lib  user    binmode
>C:\Cygnus  /        user    binmode
>C:\User  /home    user    binmode
>C:    /c       user    binmode
>
>Found: C:\Cygnus\bin\bash.exe
>Found: C:\Cygnus\bin\cat.exe
>Found: C:\Cygnus\bin\cpp.exe
>Found: C:\Cygnus\bin\find.exe
>Found: C:\Cygnus\bin\gcc.exe
>Found: C:\Cygnus\bin\gdb.exe
>Found: C:\Cygnus\bin\ld.exe
>Found: C:\Cygnus\bin\ls.exe
>Found: C:\Cygnus\bin\make.exe
>Found: C:\PROGRA~1\Borland\Delphi4\Bin\make.exe
>Warning: C:\Cygnus\bin\make.exe hides
>C:\PROGRA~1\Borland\Delphi4\Bin\make.exe
>Found: C:\Cygnus\bin\sh.exe
>
>    82k 2000/11/07 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygform5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
>                   "cygform5.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/7 20:56
>    18k 2000/10/23 C:\Cygnus\bin\cyggdbm.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
>                   "cyggdbm.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/23 4:26
>    14k 2000/10/23 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygintl.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
>                   "cygintl.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/23 21:02
>    83k 2000/06/11 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygitcl30.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
>                   "cygitcl30.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/6/11 5:34
>    35k 2000/06/11 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygitk30.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
>                   "cygitk30.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/6/11 5:34
>    45k 2000/10/22 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygjbig1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
>                   "cygjbig1.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/23 1:06
>   119k 2000/10/23 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygjpeg6b.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
>                   "cygjpeg6b.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/23 2:58
>    53k 2000/11/07 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygmenu5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
>                   "cygmenu5.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/7 20:55
>   426k 2000/11/07 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygncurses++5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
>                   "cygncurses++5.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/7 20:57
>   299k 2000/11/07 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygncurses5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
>                   "cygncurses5.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/7 20:54
>    34k 2000/11/07 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygpanel5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
>                   "cygpanel5.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/7 20:55
>   162k 2000/10/23 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygpng2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
>                   "cygpng2.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/23 2:40
>   402k 2000/06/11 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygtcl80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
>                   "cygtcl80.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/6/11 5:30
>     5k 2000/06/11 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygtclpip80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
>    10k 2000/06/11 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygtclreg80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
>                   "cygtclreg80.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/6/11 5:30
>   243k 2000/10/23 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygtiff3.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
>                   "cygtiff3.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/23 3:14
>   639k 2000/06/11 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygtk80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
>                   "cygtk80.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/6/11 5:34
>    41k 2000/10/28 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygXpm-noX4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
>                   "cygXpm-noX4.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/28 20:45
>    45k 2000/10/28 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygXpm-X4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
>                   "cygXpm-X4.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/28 20:47
>    49k 2000/10/23 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygz.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
>                   "cygz.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/23 2:22
>   609k 2000/11/11 C:\Cygnus\bin\cygwin1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
>                   "cygwin1.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/11 7:49
>     Cygwin DLL version info:
>         dll major: 1001
>         dll minor: 5
>         dll epoch: 19
>         dll bad signal mask: 19005
>         dll old termios: 5
>         dll malloc env: 28
>         api major: 0
>         api minor: 30
>         shared data: 3
>         dll identifier: cygwin1
>         mount registry: 2
>         cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions
>         cygwin registry name: Cygwin
>         program options name: Program Options
>         cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2
>         cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags
>         cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix
>         cygdrive default prefix:
>         build date: Sat Nov 11 01:49:33 EST 2000
>         shared id: cygwin1S3
>
>Use -h to see help about each section
>(sm@NT[/home])#
>-----end output of cygcheck-----
>
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